BA's special charter for the Magna Carta
To celebrate 800 years since the charter was first sealed, one of only 24 original versions has been globe-trotting with the airline and the GREAT Britain Campaign, racking up an impressive 37,000 miles in less than three months.
The Magna Carta embarked on its world tour on September 21 when it flew in First with British Airways to New York.
Since then it has been viewed by thousands of people in Luxembourg, China, Singapore and Malta before its final stop in Lisbon.
The Magna Carta established the principle that everybody, including the sovereign, was subject to the law. It is today recognised by thousands of people across the world as a symbol of democracy.
Captain Neil Hunter, who operated the flight from Lisbon to Heathrow, said “Flying the Magna Carta home from its global tour was a real honour. Its influence has already travelled the world, but this is the first time it has physically flown quite so far.”
